Job Prepares His Case 1 ULT Behold, my eye has seen all; my ear has heard and understood it. BSB BSB: “Indeed, my eyes have seen all this; my ears have heard and understood.
2 ULT As you know, I also know. I{ am} not falling below you. BSB BSB: What you know, I also know; I am not inferior to you.
3 ULT But I will speak with the Almighty, and to plead with God I desire. BSB BSB: Yet I desire to speak to the Almighty and argue my case before God.
4 ULT But you{ are} plasterers of a lie; all of you{ are} healers of no value. BSB BSB: You, however, smear with lies; you are all worthless physicians.
5 ULT Who will give{ that} being silent, you will be silent? And it will be to you for wisdom. BSB BSB: If only you would remain silent; for that would be your wisdom!
6 ULT Please hear my reasoning and heed the pleadings of my lips. BSB BSB: Hear now my argument, and listen to the plea of my lips.
7 ULT Will you speak unrighteously for God, and will you talk deceitfully for him? BSB BSB: Will you speak wickedly on God’s behalf or speak deceitfully for Him?
8 ULT Will you lift his face? Or will you plead for God? BSB BSB: Would you show Him partiality or argue in His defense?
9 ULT { Is it} good that he will examine you? Or will you deceive him as deceiving a man? BSB BSB: Would it be well when He examined you? Could you deceive Him as you would deceive a man?
10 ULT Reproving, he would reprove you if in secret you were lifting faces. BSB BSB: Surely He would rebuke you if you secretly showed partiality.
11 ULT { Would} not his majesty terrify you and the dread of him fall on you? BSB BSB: Would His majesty not terrify you? Would the dread of Him not fall upon you?
12 ULT Your maxims{ are} proverbs of ashes; your defenses are defenses of clay. BSB BSB: Your maxims are proverbs of ashes; your defenses are defenses of clay.
13 ULT Be silent from me and let me speak, and let come upon me what{ will}. BSB BSB: Be silent, and I will speak. Then let come to me what may.
14 ULT Why do I take my flesh in my teeth and put my life in my hands? BSB BSB: Why do I put myself at risk and take my life in my own hands?
15 ULT Behold, he kills me, I will hope in him; I will surely defend my ways to his face. BSB BSB: Though He slay me, I will hope in Him. I will still defend my ways to His face.
16 ULT Even this{ will be} for salvation to me: that the godless will not enter to his face. BSB BSB: Moreover, this will be my salvation, for no godless man can appear before Him.
17 ULT Hearing, hear my word, and{ may} my declaration{ be} in your ears. BSB BSB: Listen carefully to my words; let my declaration ring in your ears.
18 ULT Behold now, I have prepared my defense; I know that I am righteous. BSB BSB: See now, I have prepared my case; I know that I will be vindicated.
19 ULT Who{ is} he{ who} will contend with me? For then I will be silent and expire. BSB BSB: Can anyone indict me? If so, I will be silent and die.
20 ULT Only two{ things} do not do to me, then I will not hide myself from your face: BSB BSB: Only grant these two things to me, so that I need not hide from You:
21 ULT Withdraw your hand from upon me, and{ with} your fear do not terrify me. BSB BSB: Withdraw Your hand from me, and do not let Your terror frighten me.
22 ULT And call, and I will answer, or I will speak, and answer me. BSB BSB: Then call me, and I will answer, or let me speak, and You can reply.
23 ULT How many iniquities and sins{ are} to me? Make me know my transgression and my sin. BSB BSB: How many are my iniquities and sins? Reveal to me my transgression and sin.
24 ULT Why do you hide your face and consider me an enemy to you? BSB BSB: Why do You hide Your face and consider me as Your enemy?
25 ULT Will you terrify a driven leaf? Or will you pursue dry stubble? BSB BSB: Would You frighten a windblown leaf? Would You chase after dry chaff?
26 ULT For you write bitter things against me, and you make me inherit the iniquities of my youth, BSB BSB: For You record bitter accusations against me and bequeath to me the iniquities of my youth.
27 ULT and you put my feet in shackles, and you watch all of my paths; you engrave around the soles of my feet. BSB BSB: You put my feet in the stocks and stand watch over all my paths; You set a limit for the soles of my feet.
28 ULT And he decays like a rotten thing, like a garment— a moth has eaten it. BSB BSB: So man wastes away like something rotten, like a moth-eaten garment.
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